Example sentences for: longman

How can you use “longman” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I was under the impression it was based on Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary , and indeed it was; but there are so many improvements and changes that the absence both of a Longman copyright notice and of any identification of a specific editorial director are a bit mysterious.

  • I think the Longman is a fine dictionary, superior to the Webster , but I have been careful not to compare it with the Collins , which remains my favorite British English dictionary for reasons that modesty forbids my detailing here.

  • If we can sort out all the details here—no mean task—it emerges that W9 's vocabulary entries include both what I earlier called main entries (like watershed ) and what I called subentries (like waterless in CED ). But it appears that Longman's headwords are only those that are, or introduce, main entries.

  • Longman Dictionary of the English Language

  • A few years ago, an edition of Longman's English dictionary had included in its definition of Bangkok , a city with a lot of prostitutes.


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